Moon Light World Map

The map below shows where the Moon is visible from the Earth, depending on weather conditions and moon phases.
The white dot symbolizes the position of the Moon, and the yellow sun symbolizes the position of the sun.

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Map notes

• The bright part of the map shows where the moon is over the horizon on Friday, April 20, 2012 at 20:26:00 UTC.
• The Sun's position is marked with this symbol: . At this location, the Sun will be at its zenith (directly overhead) in relation to an observer.
• The Moon's position is marked with this symbol: . At this location, the Moon will be at its zenith in relation to an observer. Note that the symbol is not showing the current phase of the Moon.

Moon phase

The moon is so close to the Sun that it is probably impossible to see from earth

Fraction of moon illuminated: 0%

Previous phase	Third Quarter	Friday, April 13, 2012 at 10:50 AM
Next phase	New Moon	Saturday, April 21, 2012 at 7:19 AM

Position of the Moon

On Friday, April 20, 2012 at 20:26:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	13° 11'	North
Longitude:	133° 01'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 438.34 meters/second, 1578.0 km/hour, 980.5 miles/hour or 852.1 knots.The table below shows the Moon position compared to the time and date above:

Time	Longitude difference			Latitude difference			Total
later	Degrees	Distance	Direction	Degrees	Distance	Direction	Distance
1 minute	0° 14' 33.3"	16.34 mi	west	0° 00' 08.8"	0.17 mi	north	16.34 mi
1 hour	14° 33' 19.2"	980.39 mi	west	0° 08' 53.8"	10.20 mi	north	980.14 mi
24 hours	10° 48' 58.3"	728.58 mi	east	3° 16' 23.0"	225.05 mi	north	757.51 mi

Locations with the moon near zenith

The following table shows 10 locations with moon near zenith position in the sky.

Location	Local time	Distance			Direction
Los Angeles *	Fri 1:26 PM	2751 km	1710 miles	1486 nm	NNE
Honolulu	Fri 10:26 AM	2787 km	1732 miles	1505 nm	WNW
Hermosillo	Fri 1:26 PM	2878 km	1788 miles	1554 nm	NE
San Francisco *	Fri 1:26 PM	2919 km	1814 miles	1576 nm	NNE
Kiritimati	Sat 10:26 AM	2957 km	1838 miles	1597 nm	WSW
Phoenix	Fri 1:26 PM	3089 km	1919 miles	1668 nm	NE
Las Vegas *	Fri 1:26 PM	3107 km	1931 miles	1678 nm	NNE
Mexico City *	Fri 3:26 PM	3679 km	2286 miles	1987 nm	ENE
Salt Lake City *	Fri 2:26 PM	3686 km	2291 miles	1990 nm	NNE
Papeete	Fri 10:26 AM	3854 km	2394 miles	2081 nm	SSW